# From DHCP to SZTP - The Trust Revolution

DevFeed: [From DHCP to SZTP - The Trust Revolution](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-dhcp-to-sztp-the-trust-revolution-51495.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.linux.com/contributed/from-dhcp-to-sztp-the-trust-revolution/>)

Author: Linux.com Editorial Staff

Published: 2026-02-25T14:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Linux.com](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/linux-com.md>)

Topics: [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [DHCP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dhcp.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai-data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-data-centers.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributed.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-processing.md>), [dhcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dhcp.md>), [firmware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firmware.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [open-standard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-standard.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-and-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-and-trust.md>), [the-linux-foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-linux-foundation.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

This contributed article compares DHCP's automated network configuration with Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning (SZTP), which it presents as a way to automate device trust. It describes SZTP as a vendor-neutral standard defined in RFC 8572 that exchanges secure artifacts and certificates, verifies firmware, and initializes devices without human intervention. The article highlights applications in AI data centers and edge clouds.

## Source excerpt

By Juha Holkkola, FusionLayer Group The Dawn of Effortless Connectivity In the transformative years of the late 1990s, a quiet revolution took place, fundamentally altering how we connect to networks. The introduction of DHCP answered a crucial question, "Where are you on the network?", by automating IP address assignment. This innovation eradicated the manual configuration [...] The post From DHCP to SZTP - The Trust Revolution appeared first on Linux.com.